OFFICE OF THR ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TExqg AUSTIN



### Eono~ble A. 

### C. W3Nnwn D&lml~tAttmy

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snb 2 Q$ Artlale 6, 

### Vmmm’i~ Annotated

reapeotlvely

provide:



### “Theraloving ol8rsssof permne 8hall not be 8llovedto vote 

### tn thieBkfis,to-vitc
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### Perrc%nz~

Mdss twenty-one 

### (21) year6of ag6, 

### ‘Beoends Idiot88nd lun8tic.a.BonorablsA. C. Ulnborn, Page 2

"Third: All paupers supportedby any county.

“Fourth: All pereionn convicted of any felony, aubjeat to such eraeptlons m the Lvgislaturesay make.
"Fifth: All aoldlers,marlne8 and aeamen, employed in the eervlae of the Umy or &ary of the United Statall. Provided t&t thlr restrlotioa ohall not apply to otfla6reor the mt1ona1 Ward of Texas, the WtloMl Ouard Reserve, the OffloersRsrerve Corps of the United Statea,aor to enllrtedmen of the mtlonal Ourrd, the ~tion61 Guard Rewrve, and the OrgnllcedReserves of the UnPted Staten, nor to retliwd offloorsOS the Uultrd States Army, Bary, mad Wrlne Corps, and retired offlosre of the United StetesArmy, mvy, and nsrina Corps, and retired rarrant officers and retired enlistedmen of the United 73tates Army, Eavy, muI Marine Corpr.

“ sec. 2. Bvery perroa aubjeat to none of the foregolugdlr~~liflcatlons,who shall lava attalned the age of tventy-oneyears and vho shall be a aitlten OS the United States and vho ehrll have resided in this State one year next precedingan eleatloa mud the la& six noathu vlthln the diatrlot or aounty la vhlah such person oife~s to vote), ah11 be deemed (L p#llfled elsatori provided, that electors llvlug In amy uaor&anJ.ted countymay vat6 at any electionprecinct la the aounty to vhloh such aounty is attached for judlcFa1purporee~ and provided furthere, that any voter who is Subject to pp a poll tax under the lava of the State of Teue shall have paid said 

## tax before offerlag to vote at any election in this State ad hold a receipt show1 

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that maid poll tax VPI paid before the "J of February next preaeding suah election.

. . . . &ticles 198, Vernon’s Annotated Pearl Code, end 2975, Veraon'sAnnotatedClot1 St(rtutes, respeotlvsly provide: "Article 198.

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### Honolrble A. 

### C. Winborn,

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"Any oo3leotor 

### of taxmm, al- any OAe in him 

### em+oy, vho vili'ully fallmor rmfumsm 

### to trawwibe oorreotly frtnm the orlgiasl

poll tax reoelptor certlflomte of exmtioa and lamsrtIn thm duplicate retained

ln the ool

### leotorts

officethe namemnd otherdemortpWon of the oitlten m@red by lav to be givenby him, or who fails to 

### tmworlba oorreotlyfrom the duplicate kupt in tha oolleeotor18 

### 0PSlae

and iwsrt in the list of qwlL1- fied 

### votersof a 

### pmclaot thename and doaoription

of the citlaen

am montalnmd in 

### uid dupllcLte,

or who im8uem

a poll tmx reoelpt after the Sirstdry of February Ja any ymw, bearlag

a dataprior to the flrmt&y of Fobrumy, or 

### vho vllfUly fmllmto keep maid or&- 

### ins1 duplicate

l eour.1~looked

UJ, vhn Uw mamearm not beingused, or prmitm thmm 

### to be mutilated,

defaasd,

lost or demtroyod, 

### or who ~oam~18, 

### altermordmmtro~m tha, mhll bc&ln~en~ th~h~mkim~Q nor mom

"Art. 2975 I

. . . . 'At the time the Tax Colleator 

### m&Item up hia 

### limtmof voters am hmzmln provldmd, ho mbsllrt the UIPO tzme onm mmpmrrtmlfmtwmkm 

### up a list of allenpoll tmx-payere and mhmll mark 

### at thm top of maid list thmvoMm *Alien Pou. 

### !bxpayem,' and muoh list mbmll bm da

### llvoredrtthemmwtimeaudthe~-r and to thm mamie

ofrloirlm

am 

### bwe&mboW provtisdior other 

### poll tax lists,OLod the llmtm of queUfled votormIn maid oouaty and in the various pnolnats 

### of said oowty. Buoh oertlfimd lists 

### of qualified votermrab listsof allen taxpmymrm

l 

### bail.1 be In the follovlng fowl

n . . l . 

### And thm mamie

fom l 

### hmll be used vith roSerena. to the list of alien tmxpmjerm f’urnlshed

the offloiolm

ar providedln thisArticle."

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Fionorable

A. C. Winborn, PIga 4

tie 'litb ngsrd to oltlxanmhlp, you vi11 observe that by the wording and provision of Seetlon 2 of 

### Artla 6, mupxu,a pemcm~ho is tlon is 8 quallfi~ ?GZhaentm. a altlsen at the time of eleo

### ed voter,88mumiag hm meets all other

In the f7batm

youpremed the alien be bemn nmtwllmed mlnme January 31, 1944. It follovo, In &never to your fIrmt qwmtion thmt he lm nov entitled to vote, al

### though

him to11 

### tax maelpt, paid beforeJtumfMY31, 1944,. be mtaapm4 .~AUmn

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. In anxver to your second quemtlon, 

### it is our opinion that k list 

### of voter8 or 8 poll tmx reeelpt nmde gut pumuant to lav wn be obnged or altered vsp or by loIpI)

methdl provided by I.w. To bo&%: would tend to lntroduoe too gremtan element ofunoert5lnty sad aulgbt



### at tlmem &ford 

### too greatmu 

### opportunity for 

### trrudmnd inrpomltlon. YOU viu. obwrve tbxtArtiole 198, muprq tier it unlevful to slter poll tax noeiptm and provides a penalty therefor and also for one 'vbo lSSW#S a poll tax receipt after tba firmt dmy of 

### Febm ln v year, 

### bwrlng a 

### date prior 

### to the tint dey of February .

l%rthmrLtIm ouroplnloatbmtthere i*no mtmtutory euthorimatian to ammad or correot the list of Votemw or 

### the nAllen*

poll tax moelpt o* to 

### issuea 231v “voting reoelpt. We eamver your meamndquestion in the negmtlve.

However, be need only oonvme the eleotlan i* that he 

### la aov a altioen to 

### vote. A premedmtloa of'h a xnturalimatloa paperm, or a oertified aop I thereof, or 4u1 thffidsvit

that he 18 8t the t-0 Of OhOt On a OitisO&baolng been~~%turalired, o~anythiag that would ooavlnae the eleotiozi

jwQe that him prevloum dimqtlsllfIomtlon ham been mxtoved vi.11suffioe 

### to pewit him 

### voting.

Trwtlng thlm metlmhotorlly anmvers your lnqu.Wy, ve are Yours vergtmaly 

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